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Definition of Kind of
1. Adverb. To some (great or small) extent. "He is kind of shy"
Definition of Kind of
1. Adverb. (idiomatic colloquial) Slightly; somewhat; sort of. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kind Of
Literary usage of Kind of
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"Something of this kind, I replied :—God is always to be represented as he truly
is; that is one form which is equally to be observed in every kind of verse, ..."
2. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"One thing I muft not omit; and that is, that being now fettled in a kind of
commonwealth among them- ..."
3. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... some verses to himself, to enter on a calculation, no matter of what sort, to
invent some kind of story. Impossible! He was beset by the image of Madame ..."
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